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Off-duty deputy kills 6 in Wisconsin.


Wisconsin deputy kills 6
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An off-duty sheriff's deputy in a small northern Wisconsin town shot and killed at least six young people early Sunday including his ex-girlfriend before he was gunned down, according to police and officials.

Forest County Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said the suspect was 20 years old and a Forest County sheriff's deputy.

The shootings happened in a home in Crandon, a town of 1,900 people north of Green Bay. Van Cleve would not release the name of the deputy, who also worked as a part-time officer in Crandon, but said he was off duty at the time of the shooting.

Tom Vollmar, a member of Forest County's board of supervisors, identified the deputy as Tyler Peterson and said "the girl that he dated is one of the victims."

The victims' ages range from early teens to 20 or 21, Vollmar said. A seventh shooting victim was in critical condition, Crandon Police Chief John Dennee said.

Crandon Mayor Gary Bradley said that the suspect was dead.

"He was brought down by a sniper," Bradley said.

Donnell Dachelet, 37, a teacher's aide at Crandon High School, was stunned to hear that Peterson was accused of the crime. She had Peterson in a study class.

"He was very well-mannered. He never was rude or disrespectful to me," said Dachelet, who lives less than a block from where the shooting happened.

She said that about 3 a.m. Sunday she heard gunfire and the sound of squealing tires and saw a small, blue Chevrolet pickup "flying up our street." Police responded shortly after and she had her two small children sleep on her bedroom floor while police searched the neighborhood.

Dachelet said she knew some of the victims. Some were students at the high school. She said Peterson's ex-girlfriend graduated last spring.

"I have to go into work tomorrow and try and pick up the pieces for some of these kids," she said.

One of the dead was 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl, said her mother, Jenny Stahl, 39. She said her daughter called Saturday night and asked to sleep over at a friend's house.

"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," the weeping mother said.

Crandon schools Superintendent Richard Peters said school officials met with guidance counselors to prepare to offer counseling this week.

Charli Brownell, 15, a 10th-grader at Crandon High, spent the day calling and e-mailing friends for news. She said she did not know the suspect "but I know that he is our town cop. I think that's pretty messed up."


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Deputy Kills 6 People in Crandon
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A sheriff's deputy shot and killed six young people in northern Wisconsin early Sunday. The shooting was the result of a love triangle involving the deputy, a young woman, and another police officer.

CRANDON - An off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage at a home in northern Wisconsin early Sunday, killing three high school students and three recent graduates before authorities fatally shot him, officials said. Another victim was in critical condition.

The deputy was Tyler Peterson, 20, who worked full-time for the Forest County Sheriff's Department and part-time as a Crandon police officer, said Police Chief John Dennee.

The suspect was not working at the time of the shooting, Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said.

The survivor was hospitalized in nearby Marshfield, Dennee said. A Crandon police officer who fired back was treated for minor injuries and released.

Peterson fled from the scene, but he was surrounded by police, at a home north of Crandon early Sunday afternoon.

Gary Bradley, mayor of the city of about 2,000, said that the suspect had been brought down by a sniper, but Van Cleve would not confirm that officers shot the suspect.

It wasn't immediately clear what the gunman's motive was, but the mother of a 14-year-old victim said the suspect may have been a jealous boyfriend. The shooting occurred in a white, two-story duplex about a block from downtown Crandon, where the seven young people had gathered.

"It was a pizza and movie party," Dennee said.

Crandon Township supervisor Ray Statezny Jr. said that the shooting was the result of a love triangle involving Deputy Peterson, a young woman, and another police officer.


"All I really heard was that there was a shooting," Statezny said. "Two officers were involved."

According to Statezny, "The one officer that did the shooting was going with the one girl that got killed. Then they split up and this other officer started going with her," Statezny explained.

Another resident says he heard suspect broke up with his girlfriend last week. She was apparently still in high school.

It was supposedly a homecoming party.

Three of the victims were Crandon High School students, said schools Superintendent Richard Peters. The other three had graduated from the high school within the past three years.

Peters did not know whether Peterson was a graduate of the 300-student high school.

"There is probably nobody in Crandon who is not affected by this," Peters said, adding that students would be especially affected. "They are going to wake up in shock and disbelief and a lot of pain."

One of the dead was 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl, said her mother, Jenny Stahl, 39.
She said her daughter called her Saturday night and asked whether she could sleep over at a friend's house. Jenny Stahl agreed.

"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," the weeping mother said. "All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out."

Lindsey was born in Kenosha but her family moved to Crandon because they wanted to raise her in a quite small town.

A second victim was Bradley Schultz, 20, a third-year student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who was home to visit his friends, said his aunt, Sharon Pisarek.

"We still don't have many details but from what they've told us, there was a girl next to him and he was covering her, protecting her," she said, sobbing. "He was loved by everybody. He was everybody's son. Senseless."

Karly Johnson, 16, said that she knew the gunman and that he had helped her in a tech education class.

"He graduated with my brother," she said. "He was nice. He was an average guy. Normal. You wouldn't think he could do that."

Jenna Bradley, 16, said she was told about 10 people were at a party at the ex-girlfriend's apartment at the time of the shooting. She said she was shocked.

"It's Crandon. Nothing happens in Crandon, ever," she said.

Justin Tokarczyk, 17, said he was angry that someone in law enforcement was involved.

"You figured he would be here for safety," Tokarczyk said. "I don't know how anybody could think about doing that."

Marci Franz, 35, who lives two houses south of the duplex, said gunshots awoke her.

"I heard probably five or six shots, a short pause and then five or six more," she said. "I wasn't sure if it was gunfire initially. I thought some kids were messing around and hitting a nearby metal building."

Then she heard eight louder shots and tires squealing, she said.

"I was just about to get up and call it in, and I heard sirens," she said. "There's never been a tragedy like this here. There's been individual incidents, but nothing of this magnitude."

Her husband, David Franz, 36, said it was hard to accept that someone in law enforcement committed such an act.

"The first statement we said to each other was, how did he get through the system?" David Franz said. "How do they know somebody's background, especially that young? It is disturbing, to say the least."

The State Patrol and the Crandon Fire Department detoured a steady stream of traffic from two blocks of U.S. Highway 8 in the downtown area. Some residents stood in nearby front yards.

The sheriff said he would meet with state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday morning to discuss the case. Dennee said the state Department of Criminal Investigation will handle the case because the suspect was a deputy and officer.

The Crandon School District called off classes Monday.

The community, about 225 miles north of Milwaukee in an area known for logging and outdoor activities, is facing a trying time but is pulling together, Bradley said.

"We are a strong community. We always have been," he said. "This is agonizing, but we will prevail."


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An off-duty sheriff's deputy in a small northern Wisconsin town shot and killed at least six young people early Sunday including his ex-girlfriend before he was gunned down, according to police and officials.
Forest County Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said the suspect was 20 years old and a Forest County sheriff's deputy.

The shootings happened in a home in Crandon, a town of 1,900 people north of Green Bay. Van Cleve would not release the name of the deputy, who also worked as a part-time officer in Crandon, but said he was off duty at the time of the shooting.

Tom Vollmar, a member of Forest County's board of supervisors, identified the deputy as Tyler Peterson and said "the girl that he dated is one of the victims."

The victims' ages range from early teens to 20 or 21, Vollmar said. A seventh shooting victim was in critical condition, Crandon Police Chief John Dennee said.


Crandon Mayor Gary Bradley said that the suspect was dead.

"He was brought down by a sniper," Bradley said.

Donnell Dachelet, 37, a teacher's aide at Crandon High School, was stunned to hear that Peterson was accused of the crime. She had Peterson in a study class.

"He was very well-mannered. He never was rude or disrespectful to me," said Dachelet, who lives less than a block from where the shooting happened.

She said that about 3 a.m. Sunday she heard gunfire and the sound of squealing tires and saw a small, blue Chevrolet pickup "flying up our street." Police responded shortly after and she had her two small children sleep on her bedroom floor while police searched the neighborhood.

Dachelet said she knew some of the victims. Some were students at the high school. She said Peterson's ex-girlfriend graduated last spring.

"I have to go into work tomorrow and try and pick up the pieces for some of these kids," she said.

One of the dead was 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl, said her mother, Jenny Stahl, 39. She said her daughter called Saturday night and asked to sleep over at a friend's house.

"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," the weeping mother said.

Crandon schools Superintendent Richard Peters said school officials met with guidance counselors to prepare to offer counseling this week.

Charli Brownell, 15, a 10th-grader at Crandon High, spent the day calling and e-mailing friends for news. She said she did not know the suspect "but I know that he is our town cop. I think that's pretty messed up."

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Deputy Who Killed 6 Was Never Screened
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CRANDON, Wis. (AP) - A young sheriff's deputy who opened fire on a pizza party and killed six people reportedly flew into a rage when he was rebuffed by his old girlfriend, and others at the gathering called him a "worthless pig."

A longtime friend told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that 20-year-old Tyler Peterson came to his door in the hours after the rampage and calmly explained what he had done.

"He wasn't running around crazy or anything. He was very, very sorry for what he did," Mike Kegley told the newspaper, adding that he gave Peterson coffee and food and later called 911.

Peterson told Kegley that he had gone to his ex-girlfriend's house early Sunday morning in hopes of patching up the relationship after a recent breakup. But, he said, Peterson lost control when the meeting ended in an argument and other people started ridiculing him as a "worthless pig."

Kegley declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press.

Police, who declined to provide details of the argument, said Peterson stormed out, retrieved an AR-15 rifle from his car outside and burst back into the house firing 30 shots that killed all but one of the people at the party.

"We had no idea, obviously, that anything like this would ever occur," Crandon Police Chief John Dennee said at a news conference Monday.

Peterson, a deputy and part-time police officer, later died after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement officers. Whether Peterson was shot by police or took his own life was unclear.

The rampage raised questions in the remote northern Wisconsin community of 2,000 about how Peterson could have met requirements to become a law enforcement officer, especially after police acknowledged Monday that Peterson received no psychological screening before he was hired.

Some questioned the wisdom of hiring someone so young.

"No person that I've ever known at 20 years old was responsible enough to be a police officer," said Steve Bocek, of Oak Creek, whose nephew Bradley Schultz was killed. "It's unbelievable. You don't have the mind to be a police officer. It takes a lot."

But Crandon city attorney Lindsay Erickson said age doesn't matter as long as officers do their jobs well. Peterson testified for her in several cases. He wrote good reports and was "true to his job," she said.

"From what I saw of him, I didn't see any warning signs or red flags," Erickson said.

Peterson was hired as full-time deputy sheriff on Sept. 11, 2006, at the age of 19, according to personnel records released by the Forest County clerk. His yearlong probation ended last month.

Dr. Phil Trompetter, a police psychologist in Modesto, Calif., estimated at least 80 percent of states require psychological testing of prospective officers.

"Wisconsin must be in a very small minority of states," he said.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Law Enforcement Standards Board requires only that applicants be free of any emotional or mental condition that might hinder them in their duties. It does not say how that is determined.

No formal national standards exist for hiring police, although individual states are adopting requirements such as mandatory psychological tests, said Craig Zendzian, author of several guidebooks for police applicants.

In Minnesota, for example, police officers must be licensed by the state Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training - a process that includes an evaluation by a licensed psychologist.

At the news conference, which gave the most detailed explanation yet of the shooting , the police chief said Peterson and the young woman had been in a relationship for a few years.

"They had broken up and gone back and forth," Dennee said.

After the attack, in phone conversations with the police chief and others, Peterson identified himself as the shooter, authorities said.

The rifle used in the shootings is the type used by the sheriff's department, but investigators had not confirmed whether the gun came from law enforcement.

The six young people killed in the rampage were either students or graduates of Crandon High School. They were at the house to share pizza and watch movies during the school's homecoming weekend. Classes were canceled Monday, and many teens went to a church to meet with counselors.

The other victims were identified as Jordanne Murray, who was believed to be the girlfriend; Katrina McCorkle; Leanna Thomas; Aaron Smith; and Lindsey Stahl. Autopsies were scheduled to be completed Monday, but results were not immediately available.

Schultz, 20, was a third-year criminal justice major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who hoped to be a homicide detective. He was home visiting friends and appeared to have died trying to protect one.

"We still don't have many details, but from what they've told us, there was a girl next to him and he was covering her, protecting her," said an aunt, Sharon Pisarek, as she sobbed. "He was loved by everybody. He was everybody's son. Senseless."

The lone survivor, Charlie Neitzel, 21, of Pickerel, was upgraded to serious condition and was improving Monday at a hospital.

Pastor Bill Farr read a statement from Peterson's family in which relatives expressed their shock and sorrow.

"Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and their friends. We are grieving for your losses. We feel a tremendous amount of guilt and shame for the acts Tyler committed," it said.

It continued: "We may never receive the answers we all seek. Like those close to Tyler we are in shock and disbelief that he would do such terrible things. This was not the Tyler we knew and loved."

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Wisconsin shooter was also calm, ‘very sorry’ after killing 6, friend says
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CRANDON, Wis. - A young sheriff’s deputy who opened fire on a pizza party and killed six people reportedly flew into a rage when he was rebuffed by his old girlfriend and others at the gathering called him a “worthless pig.”

A longtime friend told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that 20-year-old Tyler Peterson came to his door in the hours after the rampage and calmly explained what he had done.

“He wasn’t running around crazy or anything. He was very, very sorry for what he did,” Mike Kegley told the newspaper, adding that he gave Peterson coffee and food and later called 911.

Peterson told Kegley that he had gone to his ex-girlfriend’s house early Sunday morning in hopes of patching up the relationship after a recent breakup. But, he said, Peterson lost control when the meeting ended in an argument and other people started ridiculing him as a “worthless pig.”

Kegley declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press.

Police, who declined to provide details of the argument, said Peterson stormed out, retrieved an AR-15 rifle from his car outside and burst back into the house firing 30 shots that killed all but one of the people at the party.

“We had no idea, obviously, that anything like this would ever occur,” Crandon Police Chief John Dennee said at a news conference Monday.

Peterson, a deputy and part-time police officer, later died after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement officers. Whether Peterson was shot by police or took his own life was unclear.

Community: Why hire so young?
The rampage raised questions in the remote northern Wisconsin community of 2,000 about how Peterson could have met requirements to become a law enforcement officer, especially after police acknowledged Monday that Peterson received no psychological screening before he was hired.

Some questioned the wisdom of hiring someone so young.

“No person that I’ve ever known at 20 years old was responsible enough to be a police officer,” said Steve Bocek, of Oak Creek, whose nephew Bradley Schultz was killed. “It’s unbelievable. You don’t have the mind to be a police officer. It takes a lot.”

But Crandon city attorney Lindsay Erickson said age doesn’t matter as long as officers do their jobs well. Peterson testified for her in several cases. He wrote good reports and was “true to his job,” she said.

“From what I saw of him, I didn’t see any warning signs or red flags,” Erickson said.

Shooter was hired when he was 19
Peterson was hired as full-time deputy sheriff on Sept. 11, 2006, at the age of 19, according to personnel records released by the Forest County clerk. His yearlong probation ended last month.

Dr. Phil Trompetter, a police psychologist in Modesto, Calif., estimated at least 80 percent of states require psychological testing of prospective officers.

“Wisconsin must be in a very small minority of states,” he said.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Law Enforcement Standards Board requires only that applicants be free of any emotional or mental condition that might hinder them in their duties. It does not say how that is determined.

No nationwide standards
No formal national standards exist for hiring police, although individual states are adopting requirements such as mandatory psychological tests, said Craig Zendzian, author of several guidebooks for police applicants.

In Minnesota, for example, police officers must be licensed by the state Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training — a process that includes an evaluation by a licensed psychologist.

At the news conference, which gave the most detailed explanation yet of the shooting, the police chief said Peterson and the young woman had been in a relationship for a few years.

“They had broken up and gone back and forth,” Dennee said.

After the attack, in phone conversations with the police chief and others, Peterson identified himself as the shooter, authorities said.

The rifle used in the shootings is the type used by the sheriff’s department, but investigators had not confirmed whether the gun came from law enforcement.

Classes canceled as students mourn
The six young people killed in the rampage were either students or graduates of Crandon High School. They were at the house to share pizza and watch movies during the school’s homecoming weekend. Classes were canceled Monday, and many teens went to a church to meet with counselors.

The other victims were identified as Jordanne Murray, who was believed to be the girlfriend; Katrina McCorkle; Leanna Thomas; Aaron Smith; and Lindsey Stahl. Autopsies were scheduled to be completed Monday, but results were not immediately available.

Schultz, 20, was a third-year criminal justice major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who hoped to be a homicide detective. He was home visiting friends and appeared to have died trying to protect one.

“We still don’t have many details, but from what they’ve told us, there was a girl next to him and he was covering her, protecting her,” said an aunt, Sharon Pisarek, as she sobbed. “He was loved by everybody. He was everybody’s son. Senseless.”

The lone survivor, Charlie Neitzel, 21, of Pickerel, was upgraded to serious condition and was improving Monday at a hospital.

Pastor Bill Farr read a statement from Peterson’s family in which relatives expressed their shock and sorrow.

“Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and their friends. We are grieving for your losses. We feel a tremendous amount of guilt and shame for the acts Tyler committed,” it said.

It continued: “We may never receive the answers we all seek. Like those close to Tyler we are in shock and disbelief that he would do such terrible things. This was not the Tyler we knew and loved.”




Deputy likely killed self with 3 shots to head
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A sheriff's deputy who killed six young people at a house party in Crandon, Wisconsin, apparently died after shooting himself three times in the head with a .40-caliber pistol, the state attorney general said.

Initial reports that 20-year-old Tyler Peterson was killed by a police sniper's bullet were apparently incorrect, though it appears the sniper may have shot Peterson in the arm, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said.

Although the final forensic determination could take several weeks, the attorney general said that Peterson had his personal .40-caliber Glock when police found him. The three gunshots to the head came from a .40-caliber.

"The three gunshot wounds to the head included two nonfatal rounds with entry points below the chin, and one fatal shot that entered Peterson through the right side of the head," Van Hollen said.

"Each of the three head shots were fired while the gun was in contact with his skin, or extremely close to the skin," he said. "These three head wounds are consistent with self-inflicted wounds, and not consistent with long-range rifle fire."

The fourth gunshot wound, Van Hollen said, struck Peterson in the left bicep and appeared to have been fired from a rifle "at some distance."

Peterson was a Forest County sheriff's deputy and a part-time officer with the Crandon Police Department.

According to Van Hollen, Peterson, while off-duty shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, entered a house where the seven young men and women had gathered.

While there, Van Hollen said, Peterson apparently got into an argument with Jordanne Murray, accusing her of having a relationship with another person.

"The argument got heated, and Murray demanded he leave," the attorney general said. "Peterson left, and returned minutes later," breaking down the door and opening fire with an AR-15 rifle, of the type he was issued by the Forest County Sheriff's Department.

Police said Peterson fired about 30 rounds.

Fewer than 20 minutes later, a patrolling Crandon police officer, after hearing gunfire, reported it and went to the house to investigate, Van Hollen said.

The officer, Greg Carter, 21, reported seeing Peterson leave the house with a rifle. After momentarily losing sight of Peterson, Carter "heard multiple rounds of gunfire" and his windshield burst.

Peterson escaped. Van Hollen said that Peterson apparently "drove aimlessly around the northern part of the state" for several hours, calling in false reports to police to throw them off.

Peterson ended up at a cabin in the town of Argonne shortly before 8 a.m. He told friends about the shootings, handed over the AR-15 and two other rifles and left the cabin. After meeting with family members, he returned to the cabin around 9:15 a.m.

Police arrived about 15 minutes later, Van Hollen said. Peterson was killed during a police shootout after police couldn't persuade him to surrender.

All seven victims were students or graduates of Crandon High School, from which Peterson also was a graduate.

In addition to Murray, the dead were identified as Aaron Smith, Bradley Schultz, Lindsey Stahl, Lianna Thomas and Katrina McCorkle.

The sole survivor, Charlie Neitzel, 21, "played dead" after Peterson shot him three times, Van Hollen said.

After Peterson shot him once, Neitzel begged him to stop. But Peterson fired again. Neitzel fell to the floor, was shot a third time and didn't move.

"Playing dead until Peterson left, Neitzel survived," Van Hollen said. Neitzel was the last person shot.

Neitzel underwent surgery Tuesday and was in stable condition Tuesday night, a hospital employee said.

The families of the six slain young people asked that media leave them alone in their grief, Van Hollen told reporters.
But the families of the victims also wanted it known that they had met with Peterson's family.

"They hold no animosity toward them," Van Hollen said, conveying the families' wishes that the Peterson family be allowed space and time to heal.

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Shaken by shooting rampage, city attempts to return to normal
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CRANDON, Wis. - As authorities released a chilling timeline of the weekend’s shooting spree, students prepared to return to classes in a northern Wisconsin city shaken by a rampage that left seven dead.

Tyler Peterson, an off-duty sheriff’s deputy, burst into a pizza party at his ex-girlfriend’s home early Sunday and opened fire with an AR-15 assault rifle. Six people, including the ex-girlfriend, were killed, and a seventh was wounded.

Hours later, officers closed in on Peterson near a friend’s home. He was shot four times, the last a fatal, self-inflicted wound to the head, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Tuesday.

The shootings devastated Crandon, population 2,000, where many people knew at least one of the victims.

“I keep thinking, like many of the families, that I’m going to wake up and this is not something that happened, that it’s just going to be normal again,” said Pastor Bill Farr of Praise Chapel Community Church, which all of the victims’ families attend. “That’s not going to be the case.”

All six victims were either students or recent graduates of Crandon High School, where Peterson also had graduated. Classes were canceled Monday and Tuesday, and were to resume Wednesday.

At a news conference Tuesday, Van Hollen said Peterson was shot once in the left bicep, from a distance, and apparently shot himself in the head three times with a pistol.

Van Hollen said the shooting occurred after the 20-year-old Peterson, who also was a part-time police officer, went to Jordanne Murray’s home, where she and friends were having a pizza party during the school’s homecoming weekend.

‘He simply opened fire’
Peterson argued with Murray after accusing her of dating someone else, Van Hollen said. Murray demanded Peterson leave, and he did, only to return with the rifle.

“He didn’t speak, he simply opened fire,” Van Hollen said.

Investigators found three bodies on or next to a couch — Lindsey Stahl, 14; Aaron Smith, 20, and Bradley Schultz, 20. Murray, 18, was found in the kitchen.

Lianna Thomas, 18, was found in a bedroom closet, and Katrina McCorkle, 18, was just outside it. Both had apparently been trying to hide, Van Hollen said.

The last person shot was survivor Charlie Neitzel, 21, who pleaded with Peterson after the first shot, only to have him fire again, Van Hollen said. Neitzel fell to the floor, where he lay still as Peterson fired a third time.

Neitzel was in fair condition Tuesday after surgery to remove debris from his wounds, said Karla David, a spokeswoman for St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

The victims’ families have met with Peterson’s family and “hold no animosity toward them,” Van Hollen said.

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